We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
From 2017 to 2019, the AIDSFree Jielimishe Uzazi na Afya (JUA) program worked with pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers (age 10-19) and their children (through two years old). In this innovative case management model, home visiting teams helped clients access HIV and the other health and social services necessary for young mothers and their children…
In Zambia, AIDSFree and the United Nations Population Fund collaborated with the national government to train 125 Ministry of Health provincial and district-level trainers to train lower-level staff on using the electronic logistics management system to report on health commodity supplies. This success story outlines the benefits of the partnership. JSI/AIDSFree. 2019.
From January 2017 to December 2018, the USAID flagship Maternal Child Survival Program (MCSP) worked with the Ugandan Ministry of Health (MOH) and two of USAID’s recently awarded Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services (RHITES) projects to identify, demonstrate, cost, and document a package of “essential” low-cost, high-impact child health interventions. This brief focuses on…
In Malawi, MCSP’s immunization work focused on collaboration with the Ministry of Health’s Expanded Program on Immunization (MOH/EPI) and partners at the national level; and provision of intensive support for implementing the Reaching Every Child (REC) approach in two low-coverage districts, which were selected from among seven districts in Malawi with Penta 3 coverage under…
Accurate information on health facility (HF) target populations is essential to microplanning and performance monitoring for routine immunization (RI) and other services that facilities provide. In Uganda, the mapping process engages stakeholders from both civil and health sectors to align planning across various catchment areas and optimize the use of the meager resources available to…
This project brief highlights the successful, complementary, community-centric approaches to reaching women and couples with quality family planning information and care in Garba Tulla, Kenya. JSI/Advancing Partnets & Communities. 2019.
Tobacco burden is significantly greater among those insured by Medicaid, with a smoking prevalence of about twice as high as the national average (28% vs. 15%). Over the past decade, smoking prevalence among those insured by Medicaid has remained relatively unchanged while the overall smoking prevalence in the United States and among other insurance groups…
AIDSFree’s community focal mother model demonstrated success in improving retention of mother-baby pairs in care through PMTCT final outcome at 18–24 months and was documented as a PEPFAR Solution. In October 2018, USAID approved a scope of work for AIDSFree to implement this successful intervention in Kenya. This report summarizes the program’s efforts and discusses…
The primary objective of the AIDSFree HIV self-testing (HIVST) technical assistance was to improve policy and implementation resources available for the scale-up of HIVST in Nigeria. This report reviews stakeholder meetings that discussed key technical issues in HIVST and provided recommendations for consideration by PEPFAR and the federal Ministry of Health/National AIDS and STI Control…
From January 2016 to December 2018, AIDSFree Lesotho provided technical assistance to two civil society organizations: the Lesotho Network of AIDS Service Organizations and the Lesotho Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS. In 2018, the project extended its services to two other organizations, Care for Basotho and The People’s Matrix Association. This report…
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